1952-53 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-23
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 6-5 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Baltimore Bullets 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 3-1
Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 4-1
Coach: Joe Lapchick (47-23)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 195,240, Avg. 7,810 in 25 home dates

1952-53 New York Knicks Roster
1952-53 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 47 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

New York tossed in 5,985 points and gave up 5,619. Carl Braun scored a team-leading 977 points for the Knicks, and Harry Gallatin accounted for 916 boards. Dick McGuire dished out 296 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1952-53 New York Knicks lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	70	2316	807	323			401	331	233	243	287	977
Harry Gallatin	F-C	70	2333	635	282			430	301	916	126	224	865
Nat Clifton	C-F	70	2496	794	272			343	200	761	231	274	744
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	61	1745	625	272			244	187	342	144	242	731
Connie Simmons	C-F	65	1707	637	240			340	249	458	127	252	729
Vince Boryla	F	66	2200	686	254			201	165	233	166	226	673
Dick McGuire	G	61	1783	373	142			269	153	280	296	172	437
Al McGuire	G-F	58	1231	287	112			201	128	167	145	206	352
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	29	722	320	123			142	98	75	55	81	344
Dick Surhoff	F	26	187	61	13			30	19	25	9	36	45
Ray Lumpp	G	6	99	30	8			12	12	18	12	18	28
Ralph Polson	F-C	3	37	9	3			6	4	8	2	8	10
Sherwin Raiken	G	6	63	21	3			8	3	8	6	10	9
Totals		591	16919	5285	2047	0	0	2627	1850	3524	1562	2036	5944

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	70	33.1	40.0	82.5	3.3	3.5	4.1	14.0
Harry Gallatin	F-C	70	33.3	44.4	70.0	13.1	1.8	3.2	12.4
Nat Clifton	C-F	70	35.7	34.3	58.3	10.9	3.3	3.9	10.6
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	61	28.6	43.5	76.6	5.6	2.4	4.0	12.0
Connie Simmons	C-F	65	26.3	37.7	73.2	7.0	2.0	3.9	11.2
Vince Boryla	F	66	33.3	37.0	82.1	3.5	2.5	3.4	10.2
Dick McGuire	G	61	29.2	38.1	56.9	4.6	4.9	2.8	7.2
Al McGuire	G-F	58	21.2	39.0	63.7	2.9	2.5	3.6	6.1
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	29	24.9	38.4	69.0	2.6	1.9	2.8	11.9
Dick Surhoff	F	26	7.2	21.3	63.3	1.0	0.3	1.4	1.7
Ray Lumpp	G	6	16.5	26.7	100.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	4.7
Ralph Polson	F-C	3	12.3	33.3	66.7	2.7	0.7	2.7	3.3
Sherwin Raiken	G	6	10.5	14.3	37.5	1.3	1.0	1.7	1.5
Averages		591	28.6	38.7	70.4	6.0	2.6	3.4	10.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	11	374	145	47			67	54	44	31	46	148
Connie Simmons	C-F	11	341	128	47			70	51	82	25	48	145
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	11	340	112	49			61	46	64	27	50	144
Nat Clifton	C-F	11	405	129	51			47	30	140	39	48	132
Vince Boryla	F	11	397	116	44			34	29	35	20	35	117
Harry Gallatin	F-C	11	303	86	36			59	44	120	15	29	116
Dick McGuire	G	11	360	59	24			55	35	63	70	25	83
Jerry Fleishman	G-F	2	26	3	2			13	6	5	7	7	10
Sherwin Raiken	G	4	19	5	4			1	0	1	2	3	8
Al McGuire	G-F	7	62	14	3			7	0	7	9	11	6
Dick Surhoff	F	4	13	4	2			0	0	2	2	2	4
Totals		94	2640	801	309	0	0	414	295	563	247	304	913

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	11	34.0	32.4	80.6	4.0	2.8	4.2	13.5
Connie Simmons	C-F	11	31.0	36.7	72.9	7.5	2.3	4.4	13.2
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	11	30.9	43.8	75.4	5.8	2.5	4.5	13.1
Nat Clifton	C-F	11	36.8	39.5	63.8	12.7	3.5	4.4	12.0
Vince Boryla	F	11	36.1	37.9	85.3	3.2	1.8	3.2	10.6
Harry Gallatin	F-C	11	27.5	41.9	74.6	10.9	1.4	2.6	10.5
Dick McGuire	G	11	32.7	40.7	63.6	5.7	6.4	2.3	7.5
Jerry Fleishman	G-F	2	13.0	66.7	46.2	2.5	3.5	3.5	5.0
Sherwin Raiken	G	4	4.8	80.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0
Al McGuire	G-F	7	8.9	21.4	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.6	0.9
Dick Surhoff	F	4	3.3	50.0		0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0
Averages		591	28.1	38.6	71.3	6.0	2.6	3.2	9.7